# boten
## Albanian
### Noun

boten f
* definite accusative singular of bote

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.tən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbo.ten]

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

boten
* third-person plural present indicative of botre

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

boten
* third-person plural present indicative of botar

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːtə(n)/
* Hyphenation: bo‧ten
* Rhymes: -oːtən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

#### Verb

boten
* (transitive, Belgium) to hit
* (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

boten
* plural of boot

### Anagrams

* beton, boent

## Galician
### Verb

boten
* inflection of botar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboːtn̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bo‧ten
* Homophones: Boten, Booten

### Verb

boten
* first/third-person plural preterite of bieten

## Javanese

* Javanese register set
* ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
* ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

### Adverb

boten
* (polite) not

### Particle

boten
* (polite) no

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English bōtian; equivalent to bote (“help”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* bote, botun, booten, boti

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːtən/

#### Verb

boten
* To solve; to release from disease or hardship or provide security.
* To be useful, helpful, or handy; to come in, be of, or be able to be productively used.
* (rare) To add an extra item in a swapping of goods to make the things swapped equivalent.
* (rare) To provide taxes, levies or money as compensation (for a service or past wrong).
* (rare) To profit, to gain or obtain benefit from.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) boten, bote | (to) boten, bote |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | bote | boted |
| 2nd-person singular | botest | botedest |
| 3rd-person singular | boteth | boted |
| subjunctive singular | bote | boted |
| imperative singular | bote | — |
| plural$^1$ | boten, bote | boteden, botede |
| imperative plural | boteth, bote | — |
| participles | botynge, botende | boted, yboted |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Derived terms

* botyng

##### Descendants

* English: boot
* Scots: bute, buit

##### References

* “bọ̄ten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

### Etymology 2

From bote (“boot”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːtən/

#### Verb

boten
* To equip with boots or give boots for use.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) boten, bote | (to) boten, bote |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | bote | boted |
| 2nd-person singular | botest | botedest |
| 3rd-person singular | boteth | boted |
| subjunctive singular | bote | boted |
| imperative singular | bote | — |
| plural$^1$ | boten, bote | boteden, botede |
| imperative plural | boteth, bote | — |
| participles | botynge, botende | boted, yboted |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: boot
* Scots: bute, buit

##### References

* “bọ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

### Etymology 3

From bote (“help”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

boten
* plural of bote
** Lo, her aᵹeines wreaððe monie remedies ... & misliche boten. — The Ancren Riwle, 1230
** Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

boten
* Alternative form of botoun

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bota

### Noun

boten m or f
* definite masculine singular of bot

## Spanish
### Verb

boten
* inflection of botar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

boten
* definite singular of bot